Just an hour after Xiahou De and Zeng Xinran were talking, in the largest Qinglou in Qingzhou City, a young man dressed in silk and about thirty years old hurriedly walked into a room on the second floor of this Qinglou. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The man pushed the door open and immediately said, "Old Lu, why do you have to call me here today?" I finally waited until His Royal Highness King Qi went in to drink before I got out. ”

"But you also know the temperament of His Royal Highness King Qi, if you don't know what to say, call me when you can't keep up, if I am punished by His Royal Highness King Qi, I have to settle accounts with you!"

After this man finished speaking, he noticed that there was not only one person in the room who called 'Lao Lu', but also four people, he was stunned for a moment, and then said: "What, Lao Lu, what are you calling Xiao Zhao and Lao Chen over for?" ”

The 'old road' in his mouth is the trial of the Qi Wangfu, named Lu Yuan. At this time, his face was full of seriousness, and he said to him: "Xiao Jia, you sit down, I have something important to tell you about the life and death of the six of us." ”

This person who spoke loudly when he entered the door was the commander of the central guard in the three guards of the King of Qi, and he also served as the commander of the guards of the Qi Palace, named Jia Shiming. When he saw Lu Yuan's expression, he was a little puzzled.

He found a random place to sit down, and then immediately asked, "What the hell is going on?" What's going on? ”

Lu Yuan looked around, looking at the other people who had arrived a little earlier than Jia Shiming, there were also doubts on their faces, and he said in a deep voice: "The imperial court sent a messenger today, you all know it, right?" ”

Several people nodded, only Jia Shiming said, "The imperial court sent a messenger?" "He really didn't know about it.

Lu Yuan said: "Well, today the imperial court sent a messenger, saying that there is a decree to be issued to His Royal Highness the King of Qi. ”

The other person wiped his mouth and said, "Does it matter?" ”

"This must be the imperial history who came to our Qingzhou a while ago, and the performance of Zeng Xinran came to the capital, and then the imperial court reacted."

Lu Yuan didn't need to look up to know that this was in the name of accompanying reading, but in fact, it was Chen Lianyu, who was gathering money for King Qi, who was talking.

He heard Chen Lianyu continue to say: "But when His Royal Highness the King of Qi did evil, Emperor Taizu didn't do anything to His Royal Highness the King of Qi, but just called the capital to reprimand him, and after educating in the capital for a year and a half, he also let His Royal Highness the King of Qi return to the Qingzhou fief. ”

"Although Your Majesty is not as close to the vassal kings as Emperor Taizu today, it is especially good in terms of trust, so Your Majesty today is just reprimanding King Qi, what else can you do?"

After listening to Chen Lianyu's words, several other people also showed expressions of approval.

Lu Yuan said: "I originally thought so, but just now I learned that His Majesty is going to severely punish His Royal Highness King Qi this time. Moreover, it is not an ordinary severe punishment, Your Majesty wants to abolish the position of Prince of His Royal Highness King Qi this time! ”

"What!" Five voices said the same thing, and everyone else, including Jia Shiming and Chen Lianyu, looked surprised, and six pairs of eyes stared straight at Lu Yuan.

Zhao Zhijing, who was secretly doing dirty work for Zhu Rong, the king of Qi, was the first to react and said to Lu Yuan: "Old Lu, how did you know about this matter?" How do you know the content of the Divine Decree? You must not have a relationship with the man who sent you to deliver the message. I heard that this is a young scholar from the middle school, and he has not been an official for a long time. ”

Zhao Zhijing subconsciously doubted the authenticity of what Lu Yuan said. He really didn't want to accept the news, so he found a reason to question it.

Everyone else actually found it difficult to accept this matter, so when they heard Zhao Zhijing's words, they all looked at Lu Yuan like grasping a life-saving straw, as if they hoped that he couldn't answer this question, and then admitted that they were talking nonsense.

Lu Yuan sneered in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, and said to Zhao Zhijing and the others: "I naturally have my own way." Then Lu Yuan talked about how he knew.

It turned out that when Zeng Xinran was talking to Xia Houde yesterday, the post foot who happened to pass by their door was a relative who was far away. After Lu Yuan leaned on Zhu Yu's career, although he did not do a good thing, there were still many relatives who came to Lu Yuan. Although Lu Yuan was very annoyed by these relatives, he couldn't take care of them, so he arranged for a few people to eat imperial food, and one of them was arranged to the post station in Qingzhou City.

The work of the post house is very difficult to do. Qingzhou, as the fief of the king of Qi, has a lot of officials passing by every year, if everything is according to the wishes of all the officials who pass, then the expenses will be too great, and the year-end statistics may be ordered by Zhu Yuanzhang to chop off his head in the name of corruption; But if you offend people who shouldn't be offended, it won't last long.

This relative of Lu Yuan is still a little clever, so he has been working at the post station for five or six years and is still doing it steadily. Because Xiahoude came from the capital to deliver the decree, and he was a member of the Zhongshu House, he probably couldn't afford to offend, so he wanted to offer courtesy and came to Xiahoude's house, and as a result, he heard the conversation between Xiahoude and Zeng Xinran.

Although Xia Houde and Zeng Xinran did not deliberately speak loudly, they were not particularly careful to be heard, so Lu Yuan's relative heard their conversation almost completely.

Lu Yuan's relative is also a little clever, knowing that his position was obtained by Lu Yuan, and if the King of Qi was severely punished by the imperial court, Lu Yuan was estimated to be punished, so he immediately entered the city and informed Lu Yuan of the matter after ordering Xiahou De to feed the horses they brought.

When Lu Yuan heard this, he immediately became nervous, and he didn't care about anything else, and came to the post station to know what the content of the holy decree was.

Lu Yuan wanted to take a sneak peek while they were eating, but he didn't expect that Xia Houde was very careful to bring the holy decree when he went to eat, so that Lu Yuan's plan fell through.

However, Lu Yuan has a lot of ideas, and if he can't make a plan, he will have another plan immediately. He asked the people at the inn to put a little laxative in the meal of Xiahoude and his party, and then waited until they were all in a hurry to go to the toilet and sneaked in to scan the contents of the holy decree.

When Lu Yuan saw the content of the holy decree, he was immediately frightened, and he was covered in a cold sweat and fell to the ground. It was still his relative who was still able to stay awake because he didn't see the holy decree and brought Lu Yuan out.

Lu Yuan slowed down in his home for a while, thought about it for a while, and then immediately called Zhao Zhijing and the five people who were usually embarrassed with him, Zhu Rong, the king of Qi, and the tiger.

Lu Yuan finished saying how he knew the content of the holy decree, then looked at the other five people and said, "Now do you still doubt what I said?" ”

The five people on the opposite side finally couldn't deceive themselves and continued to suspect that Lu Yuan was far away, and one by one they were like mourning Kapi. Zhao Zhijing said: "It's over, it's over." ”

Lu Yuan continued: "And, do you know that after Zhu Rong was called to the capital by Emperor Taizu to admonish him, what was the outcome of those people who did things for Zhu Rong at that time? He doesn't call Zhu Yu the King of Qi anymore.

Several of the people present looked at each other, and they really didn't know the end of their predecessor, but listening to the meaning of Lu Yuan's words, they could guess that it was not a good ending.

However, Chen Lianyu knows what the end of his predecessor will be. His face turned pale, and he trembled and said: "Back then, Emperor Taizu issued an order to execute all the Qi King Changshi, the trial and others, and their families were on the side; The rest of the people who were tigers were beheaded themselves, and their wives and children were exiled. The six of us sitting here are all up to Ling Chi. ”

Lu Yuan added: "And this time, the holy decree of the current saint specifically stated: 'The person who is the tiger with Zhu Rong, the king of Qi, will be sent to Beijing for punishment after being verified by the inspector of the imperial history. 'Coupled with the fact that His Majesty's punishment of King Qi is so heavy this time, do you still want to have a good result?' ”

The other four immediately turned white with fright, Jia Shiming collapsed on the chair, his eyes were blank, and he kept muttering something; Although the other three were not as unbearable as him, they were not much stronger.

Zhao Zhijing was the first of the four to react and said, "Then let's run!" Before the will was officially announced, I hurriedly went to the yamen to find someone to guide the way, and asked them to guide the way overnight, and then run away immediately! Run right away with your family! ”

Lu Yuan said: "Run? Now that you are looking for people from the government and county government to forge road guides, do you think the imperial court will not investigate? How could it be possible! It is estimated that even Qingzhou Mansion will be caught if it can't get out. ”

"Besides, what if you were prepared? The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister, where can he go? Where will you run away and not be caught by the imperial court? ”

A man named Xia Li, who also had the name of a guard in the palace of the King of Qi and actually did the dirty work for the King of Qi, said: "Let's also report the King of Qi to the court immediately." Even if I can't get rid of the crime completely, as long as I can reduce some of the guilt, I don't want to be executed by Ling Chi! ”

Lu Yuan said again: "Back then, there were people around King Qi who thought like you and reported King Qi's crimes to the imperial court, but it angered Emperor Taizu, and then the whole family was killed. Because Emperor Taizu thought that they were betraying the master, or betraying the master, so the end was even worse. ”

Originally, because of the words of Zhao Zhijing and Chen Lianyu, several people who had already ignited hope for survival heard Lu Yuan's words, and their eyes immediately turned gray again. Jia Shiming shouted: "According to your words, this can't do that or that, can we just wait for death?" ”

Lu Yuan glanced at them again, and then said, "Of course you can't sit still. ”

"If the court wants to kill me, I will never let him kill me like this. There is a saying in the "Historical Records" that Chen Shi said after he lost the period and beheaded according to the law: "If the husband does not die, he will become famous." ’”

"Let's go back! Even if you can't subvert Daming, you won't let Daming have a good time! ”